Lloyd Kaufman Quotes

I know the nature of comedy, and you never know what will happen with the next movie or whether people will find it funny.

How can you analyse what is funny? What's funny to one isn't funny to another... What's funny to you is a personal thing.

I remember being fascinated by the very nature of comedy from the age of 10; why is this funny, and that isn't?

I don't believe that anybody has come to a conclusion on why something is funny. It's funny because it's ridiculous and it's ridiculous for different reasons at different times.

You know, what's funny to one person is not at all to someone else.

If I am totally honest, I would have to say that 'Allo 'Allo!' was not my cup of tea, even though lots of people loved it. For that reason, I find comedy fascinating. There is a huge difference between what people find funny.

Drama is more universal. We all cry about the same stuff. But comedy is very specific: It depends on where you were born, how old you are, your social-economic status. It's very complicated to make people laugh.

The funniest thing about comedy is that you never know why people laugh. I know what makes them laugh but trying to get your hands on the why of it is like trying to pick an eel out of a tub of water.

Anything that is not funny at a certain point will be funny.

One second here and there will make all the difference between something being funny and not being funny. That's why I like going, 'Well, we wrote that six months ago, and it was funny one time we read it, but it's not funny anymore. So what? Just dump it.'

What I've created comedically owes a lot to my ignorance of comedy and love of making theatre stuff.

My first joke that ever aired on 'Late Night' was for a list of 'Top 10 Least Popular Summer Camps.' My contribution - 'Camp Tick in beautiful Lyme, Connecticut' - squeaked in at No. 10. Like a trip to Camp Tick, my time at 'Late Night' faded into memory like a short session at a dicey summer camp.

I don't look at comedy as a sliding scale of offensiveness.

I see myself primarily as a comedian, and my aim on the 'Last Leg' is to be as funny as I can about the news.

You never want to defend a joke. People get to choose whether or not to laugh and whether or not they think something is funny.

I really love standup, and I really love writing standup.

Everybody's funny-looking.

Comedians really are like a species. That's not to be exclusive. Anyone can kind of become one. You have to pay your dues, though.

Comedy is a passion but I don't know if I a am funny enough to make a living out of.

I have always wanted to do comedy.

There is a magical, unexplainable phenomenon that still occurs to this day where, however funny you think the material you've written is, as soon as you turn up to a gig to try it out, it becomes almost incoherent.

I never write jokes, I just try to make myself laugh.

Comedy is this weird thing. You have no idea why certain things work and other things don't work.

I think comedy in the last 5-7 years is as good as it's ever been in America. I like it when people push it. You go through periods where people did not push the envelope. The more you push it, the funnier you get.

Sometimes just being an immigrant, I read things the wrong way, and that can be funny. Or I'll put the emphasis on the wrong word, and that can be funny. I have an affinity for comedy because I like to watch them. It's an honor to make comedies because I love being able to pop something into the DVD player and laugh. I love doing it.